diff --git a/config.c b/config.c
index 54760bc7..9f22a60c 100644
--- a/config.c
+++ b/config.c
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ parse_config(t_configuration_options *options)
 
 	/* default to 6 reconnection attempts at intervals of 10 seconds */
 	options->reconnect_attempts = 6;
-	options->reconnect_intvl = 10;
+	options->reconnect_interval = 10;
 
 	options->monitor_interval_secs = 2;
 	options->retry_promote_interval_secs = 300;
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ parse_config(t_configuration_options *options)
 		else if (strcmp(name, "reconnect_attempts") == 0)
 			options->reconnect_attempts = repmgr_atoi(value, "reconnect_attempts", NULL);
 		else if (strcmp(name, "reconnect_interval") == 0)
-			options->reconnect_intvl = repmgr_atoi(value, "reconnect_interval", NULL);
+			options->reconnect_interval = repmgr_atoi(value, "reconnect_interval", NULL);
 		else if (strcmp(name, "pg_bindir") == 0)
 			strncpy(options->pg_bindir, value, MAXLEN);
 		else if (strcmp(name, "pg_ctl_options") == 0)
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ parse_config(t_configuration_options *options)
 		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
 	}
 
-	if (options->reconnect_intvl < 0)
+	if (options->reconnect_interval < 0)
 	{
 		log_err(_("'reconnect_interval' must be zero or greater\n"));
 		exit(ERR_BAD_CONFIG);
@@ -501,7 +501,7 @@ reload_config(t_configuration_options *orig_options)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (new_options.reconnect_intvl < 0)
+	if (new_options.reconnect_interval < 0)
 	{
 		log_warning(_("new value for 'reconnect_interval' must be zero or greater\n"));
 		return false;
@@ -620,10 +620,10 @@ reload_config(t_configuration_options *orig_options)
 		config_changed = true;
 	}
 
-	/* reconnect_intvl */
-	if (orig_options->reconnect_intvl != new_options.reconnect_intvl)
+	/* reconnect_interval */
+	if (orig_options->reconnect_interval != new_options.reconnect_interval)
 	{
-		orig_options->reconnect_intvl = new_options.reconnect_intvl;
+		orig_options->reconnect_interval = new_options.reconnect_interval;
 		config_changed = true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/config.h b/config.h
index 3d2a2637..276c42fc 100644
--- a/config.h
+++ b/config.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ typedef struct
 	char		ssh_options[QUERY_STR_LEN];
 	int			master_response_timeout;
 	int			reconnect_attempts;
-	int			reconnect_intvl;
+	int			reconnect_interval;
 	char		pg_bindir[MAXLEN];
 	char		pg_ctl_options[MAXLEN];
 	char		pg_basebackup_options[MAXLEN];
diff --git a/repmgrd.c b/repmgrd.c
index 31ddc480..00a7083f 100644
--- a/repmgrd.c
+++ b/repmgrd.c
@@ -561,10 +561,10 @@ witness_monitor(void)
 			{
 				log_warning(
 					_("unable to determine a valid master server; waiting %i seconds to retry...\n"),
-					local_options.reconnect_intvl
+					local_options.reconnect_interval
 					);
 				PQfinish(master_conn);
-				sleep(local_options.reconnect_intvl);
+				sleep(local_options.reconnect_interval);
 			}
 			else
 			{
@@ -742,7 +742,7 @@ standby_monitor(void)
 	check_connection(&upstream_conn, type, upstream_conninfo);
 	/*
 	 * This takes up to local_options.reconnect_attempts *
-	 * local_options.reconnect_intvl seconds
+	 * local_options.reconnect_interval seconds
 	 */
 
 	if (PQstatus(upstream_conn) != CONNECTION_OK)
@@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ do_upstream_standby_failover(t_node_info upstream_node)
 		}
 
 		PQclear(res);
-		sleep(local_options.reconnect_intvl);
+		sleep(local_options.reconnect_interval);
 	}
 
 	/* Close the connection to this server */
@@ -1793,7 +1793,7 @@ check_connection(PGconn **conn, const char *type, const char *conninfo)
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if the node is still available if after
-	 * local_options.reconnect_attempts * local_options.reconnect_intvl
+	 * local_options.reconnect_attempts * local_options.reconnect_interval
 	 * seconds of retries we cannot reconnect return false
 	 */
 	for (connection_retries = 0; connection_retries < local_options.reconnect_attempts; connection_retries++)
@@ -1811,9 +1811,9 @@ check_connection(PGconn **conn, const char *type, const char *conninfo)
 		{
 			log_warning(_("connection to %s has been lost, trying to recover... %i seconds before failover decision\n"),
 						type,
-						(local_options.reconnect_intvl * (local_options.reconnect_attempts - connection_retries)));
-			/* wait local_options.reconnect_intvl seconds between retries */
-			sleep(local_options.reconnect_intvl);
+						(local_options.reconnect_interval * (local_options.reconnect_attempts - connection_retries)));
+			/* wait local_options.reconnect_interval seconds between retries */
+			sleep(local_options.reconnect_interval);
 		}
 		else
 		{